A redistricting re-do? What to know about Alabama’s primary elections
Voters may have to return to the polls in August as state seeks to implement a previously blocked redistricting push.
Day: May 19, 2026
Internal memo: Meta is reassigning 7,000 workers to four new units focused on building AI tools, two days before it is set to lay off 10% of its workforce (Eli Tan/New York Times)
Eli Tan / New York Times:
Internal memo: Meta is reassigning 7,000 workers to four new units focused on building AI tools, two days before it is set to lay off 10% of its workforce — The company announced the changes two days before…
Trump ‘orders plans for military strike on Cuba’ be drawn up after Iran threat backfires
The US is said to be increasingly weighing up the possibility after threats on Iran backfired.
Sources: AI chip designer Tenstorrent has drawn takeover interest from Intel and Qualcomm; Tenstorrent could be valued at more than $5B in a potential deal (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
Sources: AI chip designer Tenstorrent has drawn takeover interest from Intel and Qualcomm; Tenstorrent could be valued at more than $5B in a potential deal — Artificial intelligence chip startup Tenstorrent Inc. is drawin…
‘FedEx says your parcel has drugs’: The scam that trapped an Indian comedian
Ankita Shrivastav is among millions of Indians who fall prey to cybercrimes every year.
AI-powered cyber effects are ‘moving so fast, it’s scary’: a former Pentagon CIO
Industry is pitching ‘autonomous remediation’ of network vulnerabilities.
Advanced AI models bring government to ‘reflection point,’ CIA official says
New technologies may bring risk and opportunity for the federal government, cyber experts explained.
Commentary: Few deals from Trump-Xi summit, but it’s the underlying shift that matters
Don’t judge the Beijing summit by the lack of deals, because US President Donald Trump has once again invoked the “G2”, says former SCMP editor-in-chief Wang Xiangwei.
Shooting at San Diego mosque kills 3 men and both suspects are dead, police say
The attack is being investigated by police as a possible hate crime.
Shooting at San Diego mosque leaves five dead, including two suspects
The attack is being investigated by police as a possible hate crime.